So, what's a "Zod?"
alan
alan at clueserver.org
Tue Oct 24 19:51:24 UTC 2006
On Tue, 24 Oct 2006, Styma, Robert E (Robert) wrote:
>> Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>>> I'd assume that anyone who doesn't care about comics, or
>> isn't heavily
>>> exposed to western culture wouldn't have a clue who Zod is.
>> We don't
>>> all live in North America.
>>>
>> So for those who don't read comic books (sorry, graphic
>> novels) and
>> who haven't seen "Superman II", Zod is a randomly selected
>> three-letter
>> identifier. Satisfied?
>>
> I question whether that was the intent of those who named the
> release Zod. If indeed the name goes with the arch-enemy of
> Superman and Linux is the arch-enemy of Microsoft Windows,
> who does that make Bill Gates? I find it hard to believe the
> Linux packagers would grant so high an honor to the leader
> of Microsoft.
I think the intent was more like:
"Kneel before Zod!"
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